/**
 * Copyright (C) 2010 altuure <altuure [AT] gmail [DOT] com> http://www.altuure.com/projects/yagdao
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package com.altuure.yagdao;

/**
 * method handler type definition.
 * @author altuure
 */
public enum YMethodType {
    /** persist / save entity to db. */
    SAVE,
    /**
     * update/merge entity.
     */
    UPDATE,
    /**
     * delete/remove entity.
     */
    DELETE,
    /**
     * criteria search, search with optional parameters.
     */
    CRITERIA,
    /**
     * execute query or named query.
     * @see YMethod#query()
     * @see YMethod#queryName()
     */
    QUERY,
    /**
     * count criteria method.
     */
    COUNT,
    /**
     * execute queries.
     */
    EXECUTE,
    /**
     * Build Query by appending the parameters and group  and having clauses.
     */
    APPEND
}
